#PD39
Ca. 1900s
Twelve loose gelatin silver photos, all ca. 10x15 cm (4 x 5 ¾ in). Several photos with minor creases in the corners, one photo with minor chipping of the image. Overall a very good collection of interesting photos.
Interesting collection of early 20th-century gelatin silver photographs of China, mostly Shanghai. The views of Shanghai show Longhua Temple Pagoda, Huxinting or Willow Patern Tea House and Nine Curve Bridge, the Bund with the original building of the Shanghai Club (built in 1864, demolished in 1909 and replaced with the current building); the Bandstand in the Bund Public Garden; Bund waterfront, decorated with garlands and signs (the clock tower of the Custom House is seen in the far left); river view with apparently the second Garden Bridge over the Suzhou Creek; riverfront with Chinese junks and a bridge in the foreground, and Bund waterfront lawn with several telegraph poles. The other photos show a Chinese peasant ploughing a rice field, traditional sculptures, a reproduction of a painting, depicting an audience by the Chinese Emperor, and a group portrait of Indian sepoys. Overall an attractive collection of early 20th-century views of Shanghai.
